Approximately 934 million TL of foreign currency was seized from vehicles parked in Maslak

An operation was carried out in Istanbul within the scope of a second investigation carried out in Ankara against Mehmet Fatih Tançalan, known as "Black Haydar" from Van. During the searches carried out in the vehicles where money was hidden in Sarıyer Maslak, foreign currency in euros and dollars worth approximately 934 million TL was seized. During the operation, 2 cars believed to have been used in the crime were seized and 1 suspect was detained.

A new operation was carried out against Mehmet Fatih Tançalan, known as "Kara Haydar from Van", within the scope of the investigation carried out under the coordination of Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for the crime of laundering assets resulting from crime.

As a result of the work carried out by the teams of Ankara Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Branch Directorate, it was determined that the money belonging to Tançalan was hidden in vehicles in Maslak District of Sarıyer district of Istanbul.

16 MILLION 440 THOUSAND EUROS, 700 THOUSAND DOLLARS WERE SEIZED

In the operation carried out at around 02:00 on September 26, 2026, the vehicles where the money was hidden were searched. During the searches, many high denomination euro and dollar banknotes were seized.

The breakdown of money recovered from vehicles is as follows:

20 thousand pieces of 500 euros: 10 million euros

29 thousand 300 pieces of 200 euros: 5 million 860 thousand euros

3 thousand 200 pieces of 100 euros: 320 thousand euros

5 thousand 200 pieces of 50 euro: 260 thousand euros

7 thousand pieces of 100 dollars: 700 thousand dollars

Thus, a total of 16 million 440 thousand euros (919.3 million TL), equivalent to 57 thousand 700 euro banknotes, and 700 thousand dollars (34,259 million TL), equivalent to 7 thousand 100 dollar banknotes, were seized during the searches. In total, 64 thousand 700 foreign currency banknotes were found in the vehicles.

2 CARS CONTAINING HIGH AMOUNT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY WERE SEIZED

Within the scope of the operation, 2 cars stated to have been used in the crime were also seized. While one suspect was detained within the scope of the investigation, judicial proceedings were initiated against the suspect.

In the investigation carried out by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it is expected to investigate the source of the seized millions of euros in cash, the financial transactions from which it was obtained, and its connection with the laundering of criminal assets.